Habakkuk 2:13
“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples labor [only] for the fire [that will destroy their work],
And nations grow weary for nothing [that is, things which have no lasting value]?
Isaiah 50:11
Listen carefully, all you who kindle your own fire [devising your own man-made plan of salvation],
Who surround yourselves with torches,
Walk by the light of your [self-made] fire
And among the torches that you have set ablaze.
But this you will have from My hand:
You will lie down in [a place of] torment.
Jeremiah 51:58
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
And her high gates will be set on fire;
The peoples will labor in vain,
And the nations become exhausted [only] for fire [that will destroy their work].”
Genesis 11:6-9
And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one [unified] people, and they all have the same language. This is only the beginning of what they will do [in rebellion against Me], and now no evil thing they imagine they can do will be impossible for them.
2 Samuel 15:31
David was told, “Ahithophel [your counselor] is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “O Lord, I pray You, turn Ahithophel’s counsel into foolishness.”
Job 5:13-14
“He catches the [so-called] wise in their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the devious is quickly thwarted.
Psalm 39:6
“Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade];
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
Each one builds up riches, not knowing who will receive them.
Psalm 127:1-2
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
Proverbs 21:30
There is no [human] wisdom or understanding
Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.
Isaiah 41:5-8
The islands and coastlands have seen and they fear;
The ends of the earth tremble;
They have drawn near and have come.
Isaiah 55:2
“Why do you spend money for that which is not bread,
And your earnings for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight in
Jeremiah 51:64
Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink down and not rise because of the disaster that I will bring on her; and the Babylonians will become [hopelessly] exhausted.’” Thus the words of Jeremiah are completed.
Malachi 1:4
Though [impoverished] Edom says, “We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins.” Thus says the Lord of hosts, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the Wicked Territory, the people against whom the Lord is indignant forever.”
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“He catches the [so-called] wise in their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the devious is quickly thwarted.
“Surely every man walks around like a shadow [in a charade];
Surely they make an uproar for nothing;
Each one builds up riches, not knowing who will receive them.
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.
There is no [human] wisdom or understanding
Or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord.
The islands and coastlands have seen and they fear;
The ends of the earth tremble;
They have drawn near and have come.
Listen carefully, all you who kindle your own fire [devising your own man-made plan of salvation],
Who surround yourselves with torches,
Walk by the light of your [self-made] fire
And among the torches that you have set ablaze.
But this you will have from My hand:
You will lie down in [a place of] torment.
“Why do you spend money for that which is not bread,
And your earnings for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight in
And her high gates will be set on fire;
The peoples will labor in vain,
And the nations become exhausted [only] for fire [that will destroy their work].”